Microsoft EES - Core CAL Suite vs Enterprise CAL Suite

The Education Desktop can be purchased with either the Core CAL Suite or the Enterprise CAL Suite. The choice is dependent upon your requirements and the use of certain features within each Microsoft product. Sometimes it is worthwhile evaluating the cost of a CAL Suite vs. CAL Suite components if you require the majority of components.

December 2012 changes to the Enterprise CAL Suite

ForeFront EndPoint Protection has been renamed to System Center EndPoint Protection.

ForeFront UAG & ForeFront Protection Suite have been removed.

Exchange Online Archiving has been added in.

From Jan 2013, the Core CAL Suite remains equivalent to the following licenses:

Further Details

Microsoft have an updated document called 'Licensing the Core CAL Suite and Enterprise CAL Suite' that provides a more detailed description of the the summary provided here. If you still have any questions after reading this document, please do not hesitate to contact us, and if we can't answer them, we'll contact Microsoft on your behalf.